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Mistral

A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in the Mediterranean provinces of France, etc.

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Boreas 76% connected

The north wind; -- usually a personification.

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Norther 76% connected

A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Northerly 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.

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Air noun · 86% connection

a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

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Bise noun · 86% connection

a dry cold north wind in southeastern France

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Bluster noun · 86% connection

a violent gusty wind

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Breeze noun · 86% connection

a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

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Calm noun · 86% connection

wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

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Chinook noun · 86% connection

a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

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Cyclone noun · 86% connection

(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere…

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Deluge noun · 86% connection

a heavy rain

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Doldrums noun · 86% connection

a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

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Downfall noun · 86% connection

the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

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Downpour noun · 86% connection

a heavy rain

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Drizzle noun · 86% connection

very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower

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Easter noun · 86% connection

a wind from the east

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Easterly noun · 86% connection

a wind from the east

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Gentle wind noun · 86% connection

a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

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Heat wave noun · 86% connection

a wave of unusually hot weather

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Monsoon noun · 86% connection

a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter

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Precipitation noun · 86% connection

the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

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Anemorphilous adjective · 78% connection

Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.

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Anemoscope noun · 78% connection

An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a v…

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Arendator noun · 78% connection

In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues.

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Chilly adjective · 78% connection

Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.

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Euroclydon noun · 78% connection

A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.

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Experienced p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician…

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Eyalet noun · 78% connection

Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.

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French noun · 78% connection

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

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French language noun · 78% connection

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

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Gust noun · 78% connection

A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw.

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Heat noun · 78% connection

The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily fee…

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Incorporate verb · 78% connection

To unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; as, to incorpor…

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